The taboo word in the 90s: Career Break. Women, especially felt at a disadvantage, if they had to take a break due to family commitment. Men…well they couldn’t even think it and if they did, the fear of not being able to get back to the career or lose out on it, was so immense that it was ‘unthinkable’. Career …
In the current era where online dating and swiping right are the status quo of romance, can we leave behind the acts of flirting at the workplace be it in person or virtually over a zoom meeting? Although the consensual office romance has been stigmatized, down the line it’s been existing in the corporate world for decades. Going by theory, …
Over the years, psychologists have highlighted the urge to feel connected to others as a basic human need. It has been established that interpersonal interactions have a substantial impact on our mental health, health behaviour, physical health, and mortality risk. Likewise, the calibre of the social ties within an organisation greatly influences whether or not it and its employees succeed. …
To love or not to love? A question that arises in the minds of employees when they find someone ‘special’, especially when it’s someone in their office. ‘Will I be forced to resign, if my relationship gets serious’ ‘What will my boss think?’ ‘Will my colleagues belittle me?’ Are thoughts that would strike many employees in relationships. Irrespective of various …
As individuals start their professional careers, the workplace or office becomes an area where they begin to spend a lot of their time. Most individuals spend an average of about 8 to 9 hours of their day at their respective workplaces. During this period, their co-workers are the people they end up spending most of their time with. Although professional …
The US’s Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), in its February 2022 data, has suggested an increase in workplace romance due to the hunkering of employees down a home. Surprisingly what is considered a taboo has been openly accepted in the workplace. You would be surprised to know that 75% of those who participated in the SHRM study said they …
It’s something no leader wants to admit, but leadership responsibility sometimes hits like a ton of bricks. Work-life balance can be difficult for those in a leadership position because of the hard work done over the years to achieve that heightened position of visibility and influence. Taking a step back to enjoy ‘me time’ can lead to a feeling of …
Often in scholarly literature has addressed organizational culture and climate separately, however, it is important for leaders to cohesively bring organizational culture and climate as the Yin & Yang of organizations. Leadership has the largest and most direct effect on company culture & climate. Most of us are familiar with organizational culture, a topic that has been ransacked and dissected …
For over a year and a half now, the world has been shrouded in uncertainty. No one anticipated disruption of the scale that Covid-19 brought about and as a result, no one knew how to handle it. Leaders across the world were left grappling with how to navigate an unprecedented present and a future that offered no clear trajectory or …
A close look at the nature of leadership in India today surprises everybody that the decisiveness and passion demonstrated by leaders is unique not only in the business but in the political world. Monarchy has become a thing of the past. Today an Indian leader understands the dynamics of human behavior in particular situations and does not hesitate to become …
